Plastic Surgeons Are Way Lame at Soho House
Who does a doctor have to cut to get into Soho House these days? Turns out that even a plastic surgeons whose clients include the radio station Z-100 (He fixes people's faces... For the radio!) has to fight to lie poolside near New York's elite publicists and socialites.
Dr. Andrew Klapper tells New York magazine's Beth Landman that after spending a year on the waiting list, he had his office manager ring the club's membership supervisor, but was told "that they catered to an 'artsy' clientele and that he should join a society for doctors."
Kenneth Sullivan, the club's gatekeeper, a.k.a. membership manager, told the magazine, "We would rather have a great person from IMG versus a plastic surgeon." (Don't these people know that Mr. Klapper was one of Gotham magazine's "Most Eligible Bachelors"?)
Mr. Klapper retaliated by writing some angry emails; the club reportedly bad-mouthed him to his sponsors. Yikes! And now the high society squabble might be taken up in court as Mr. Klapper is threatening to sue.
Here's a thought for all the doctor's out there. Let's make a list of all the principles at Soho House, particularly the membership committee, circulate it throughout New York, publish it in an advertisement in "Best Doctors in New York", and have every doctor in New York refuse treatment to those individuals.
Then we'll see who has entre to the accoutrements of high living and who does not. If Soho House wants Klapper to join a society of doctors, maybe the proper response when Soho House bigwigs get sick is, treat yourself.
Crazy.
Dr. klapper should stop trying to get cheap publicity and
join a club that wants him.
Michelle
Artsy types at SoHo house? I dunno. I mostly meet p.r., advertising and Wall Street types when I'm there.
Unless you consider being a cokehead "artsy" they just don't qualify.
Last i checked Doctors had some dignity. This clown degrades the profession and needs to be avoided by all sensible patients! Goes to show you what has happens when Doctors become cosmeticians. He looks like a paranoid scarecrow, by the way! Maybe he is the most eligible batchelor in the club he belongs to (i.e. none)! Ha haha
Maybe you are another elist moron. Get the facts straight before you make such a comment!
Who are you? You know nothing about his professional skills. You are just another pathetic person looking to drag somebody down. You jealous or something. What do you do for a living, jerkoff. Give me an email and I will give you a real piece of my mind!
Its nice that Dr. Klapper feels the need to go public about his rejection. How narcistic can you be, looks like someone wants some free publicity. What a loser Eligible bachelor what does that have to do with anything. P.S. are his scissors avaiable on ebay. Typical pompass doctors reaction like he is god, they dont want you there, then dont go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!